Do-It-Yourself Solar-Powered PC: Live Test

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Do-It-Yourself Solar-Powered PC: Live Test

PC Statistics

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PC Statistics

Overview of Today's Uptime

Uptime in Minutes

In each of the hour lines, one lighted LED represents 2 minutes of PC-uptime.

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Uptime Statistics
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Info

The statistics page for the PC's uptime counts the time the solar-powered computer was active each day. If the system is shut down due to insufficient energy and then restarted when energy is restored, this is noted in the statistics.

If you'd like to go back and start reading about our solar-powered PC project from the beginning, have a look at the articles leading up to our live test:

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1 Comment Comment from the forums
  • c911darkwolf
    Something me and my wife were talking about. Solar panels are expensive, but if you make a small investment it will cut down your power bill every month or you can make a large investment go independent and sell excess back to the electric company.
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